Tanana

[ tan-uh-nah, -naw ]

/ ˈtæn əˌnɑ, -ˌnɔ /

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noun, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na for 2.

a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.

a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.

the Athabaskan language of the Tanana.

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How to use Tanana in a sentence

A great silence hovered over the forest which bounded the banks of the Tanana River.
On the Yukon Trail|Roy J. Snell
All these circumstances give to the Tanana the appearance of equality with the more important stream.
Along Alaska's Great River|Frederick Schwatka
He came in the year 1879, and established a post for the purpose of trafficking in the furs of the Tanana Indians.
The Boy With the U. S. Survey|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
It lies on the Tanana River, practically at the head of navigation.
The Land of Tomorrow|William B Stephenson, Jr.

It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting.
Love of Life|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for Tanana

Tanana

/ (ˈtænənɑː) /

noun

a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

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